Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.
Virginia Woolf
Literature, Opinion, Creative Struggles, Self-Doubt, Intellectualism, Public Perception
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“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself.” Virginia Woolf
Meditative Solitude, Bare Essentials, Inner Peace, Minimalism, Simplicity, Serenity
Virginia Woolf Meditative Solitude, Bare Essentials, Inner Peace, Minimalism, Simplicity, Serenity“Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.” Virginia Woolf
Human Habits, Rigid Structure, Daily Routine, Life, Self-discipline, Habit
Virginia Woolf Human Habits, Rigid Structure, Daily Routine, Life, Self-discipline, Habit“Talvolta penso che il paradiso sia leggere continuamente, senza fine.” Virginia Woolf
Endless Reading, Paradise Thoughts, Reading Joy, Literature, Books, Endless
Virginia Woolf Endless Reading, Paradise Thoughts, Reading Joy, Literature, Books, Endless“The word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping.” Virginia Woolf
Creative genius, Word innovation, Thought process, Language, Creativity, Invention
Virginia Woolf Creative genius, Word innovation, Thought process, Language, Creativity, Invention“No, I’m not clever. I’ve always cared more for people than for ideas.” Virginia Woolf
People First, Idea Dismissal, Personal Values, People, Ideas, Values
Virginia Woolf People First, Idea Dismissal, Personal Values, People, Ideas, Values“But love... it’s only an illusion. A story one makes up in one’s mind about another person. And one knows all the time it isn’t true. Of course one knows; why one’s always taking care not to destroy the illusion.” Virginia Woolf
Love Illusion, Mental Story, False Perception, Love, Illusion, Perception
Virginia Woolf Love Illusion, Mental Story, False Perception, Love, Illusion, Perception“This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.” Virginia Woolf
Inner conflict, Life's contrast, Personal rebellion, Soul, Life, Courage
Virginia Woolf Inner conflict, Life's contrast, Personal rebellion, Soul, Life, Courage“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” Virginia Woolf
Used Books, Literary Wanderers, Charm, Nostalgia, Variety, Freedom
Virginia Woolf Used Books, Literary Wanderers, Charm, Nostalgia, Variety, Freedom“You have a touch in letter writing that is beyond me. Something unexpected, like coming round a corner in a rose garden and finding it still daylight.” Virginia Woolf
Letter Writing, Unexpected Charm, Personal Touch, Creativity, Letters, Surprises
Virginia Woolf Letter Writing, Unexpected Charm, Personal Touch, Creativity, Letters, Surprises“To be caught happy in a world of misery was for an honest man the most despicable of crimes.” Virginia Woolf
Misery Contrast, Honest Guilt, Happiness Tragedy, Misery, Happiness, Guilt
Virginia Woolf Misery Contrast, Honest Guilt, Happiness Tragedy, Misery, Happiness, Guilt“Though we see the same world, we see it through different eyes. Any help we can give you must be different from that you can give yourselves, and perhaps the value of that help may lie in the fact of that difference.” Virginia Woolf
Different perspectives, Unique help, Human experience, Empathy, Vision, Support
Virginia Woolf Different perspectives, Unique help, Human experience, Empathy, Vision, Support“Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.” Virginia Woolf
Conformity, Society, Personal Struggles, Identity Crisis, Independence, Soul
Virginia Woolf Conformity, Society, Personal Struggles, Identity Crisis, Independence, Soul“I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it’s ripe; it will be exquisite by September.” Virginia Woolf
Self-Awareness, Intellectual Growth, Seasonal Change, Personal Growth, Metaphor, Mindset
Virginia Woolf Self-Awareness, Intellectual Growth, Seasonal Change, Personal Growth, Metaphor, Mindset“One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.” Virginia Woolf
Misfortune Sympathy, Triumph Dislike, Empathy Depth, Empathy, Triumph, Misfortune
Virginia Woolf Misfortune Sympathy, Triumph Dislike, Empathy Depth, Empathy, Triumph, Misfortune“Nothing, I know, had any chance against death.” Virginia Woolf
Mortality Acceptance, Life’s Fragility, Reflection, Loss, Inevitability, Truth
Virginia Woolf Mortality Acceptance, Life’s Fragility, Reflection, Loss, Inevitability, Truth“The real novelist, the perfectly simple human being, could go on, indefinitely imaging.” Virginia Woolf
Creative Journey, Writing Eternity, Simplicity, Reflection, Creativity, Endless
Virginia Woolf Creative Journey, Writing Eternity, Simplicity, Reflection, Creativity, Endless“This core of darkness could go anywhere, for no one saw it.” Virginia Woolf
Hidden darkness, Inner mystery, Deep fear, Identity, Fear, Emptiness
Virginia Woolf Hidden darkness, Inner mystery, Deep fear, Identity, Fear, Emptiness“We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.” Virginia Woolf
Human Essence, Art Creation, Connection, Expression, Identity, Oneness
Virginia Woolf Human Essence, Art Creation, Connection, Expression, Identity, Oneness